July 2022 – Page 3 – Independent Shorts Awards

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Sweet, sensitive, insecure, and lonely, Danny’s your everyday nerd. Only lately, he’s been trying to pass himself off as a

Zach brings his newly acquired VHS camcorder to document a camping trip with three of his friends. When they get

Directed by Pat Dill and Stephen M. Coleman (USA)

Hal a first time wildlife filmmaker created this film during a one month internship in South Africa. He trained in

A writer staying at a secluded rental house in the Rocky Mountains experiences a bizarre encounter. Directed by Sarah Le

Tessa Schwartz works at PALS, a company that rents out friends to those who can afford to hire them. When

When a prim and proper Latina hellbent on being the perfect wife believes her husband is a serial killer, she

A narrative film, with an environmental message at its core. Directed by Matthew S. Robinson (USA)

High school junior Jaden meets Katherine who, with her infectious persona, has him stay for a party much longer than

A young hitwoman questions her duties and morals after a job gone wrong involving a child. She takes another job

A Union soldier during the Civil War faces an internal battle while seeing his first action. Directed by Anthony Bradley

“The Keeper” is a short film about a young boy named Alec and the unlikely relationship that forms between him

In a village of northeast China, Liu Jianguo, a 60 year-old man, is attracted by Xiufen(45) less than three months

Based on a 1975 propaganda pamphlet of the same name released by the NYPD, the film follows a man who